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I met Michael
this past week at a local strip mall while visiting the HOME DEPOT store. He approached me with a big shrug and sensed he
was in need. I always take the time to talk to people and SEE if THEY will take the time to tell me their story and if I ca
I WILL DO my best to help!

Michael works construction and gets work when able as of late. He has a wife and two
childre, a 7month old and a 7 year old. he said he wasn't concerned about his hunger but his children needed food. we talked
a bit and Michael helped me with some loading at Home Depot and putting it in my truck. Seems we both live in atlanta now
but both grew up only 25 min from each other in small towns in eastern NC. We even attended rival high schools! GO JAGUARS:]
It was just like that 6 degrees of separation. just like Maya Angelou says, " As Humans we are more ali8ke than different!"

I took michael about a mile down the road to the local Kroger and we bought some groceries! Boy was it HARD to get
him to get anything that wasn't ABSOLUTELY necessary. I told him though unless we got a few EXTRA GOODIES I wasn't leaving
the store. We got enough to get him thru the week ahead and hopefully enough diapers to last a bit. However; anyone with a
baby or who has had a baby KNOWS diapers dont last very long!!!

I dropped Micheael off at his house and gave him
my number! It had been a long work day and now after meeting Michael I was MOST THANKFUL for having the opportunity to have
a long workday!

I was at the local strip mall here in Atlanta at the Home Depot when I was approached by a gentleman. I asked him if he needed
some money as that usuually is the case in this situation. I always ask them their name and what their story is. About half
the time they just take off and the other half I get a glimpse into their lives and the struggles they face on a daily
basis.

On this day I meet Michael. It turns out Michael is not homeless just short on work at a local construction
business and he needs a little cash to feed his 7 month old and 7 year old. As we were talking he helped me with a few chores
at the local home depotand as we walked about the store I learned we had more in common than we could possibly imagine!

Turns out we both were from NC and grew up only about 30nminutes from each other! We even attentented high schools
from the same conference. And we shared many stories of working in a tobacco field growing up!

I anded up taking
Michael to the local Kroger a mile away and bought some things for he and his family. It was tough just to get him to buy
a few extras!!!!

We spent about an hour and a half together learning about each other and sharing the bump experiment
with him and our mission statement. On this day because of BUMP's kindness many years ago... Michaeil got bumped because of
BUMP! And so the experiment continues......